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equity max of 23% split among “development” — a ripoff?
I've been working on a project with three other people: one is a developer, one is a manager type, and one is a sales type. I'm a developer. The two developers were invited into the project by the ...
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Equity in a business driven by software?
I am completely new to negotiating equity, and I don't know where I stand with regards to pushing back on potential offers of equity based on a new project.
If anybody could give me their view on my ...
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Equity split 50/50 and past contributions
I've checked other questions but none cover the topic of past contributions. I'm wondering how much weight does time spent before incorporating matter.
Do Founder A earlier contributions have enough ...
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Share ownership in software spinoff
I have been employed at a research consulting company for several years. During the course of running research projects, I have developed software that I use internally to run some of my projects. ...
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Do I have to sell my shares to my cofounder?
Our company ran low on funds about 4 months ago. We decided it would be best If I took on an advisory role and went to work elsewhere to cover my personal expenses. I have vested shares in a large ...
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developer (almost co-founder?) getting 5% share
I'm in a same situtation, maybe worse as this guy:
Developer, offered share in small startup company in return for large rate reduction - advice needed
Two friends had an idea, they were kinda ...
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Equity for First paid Tech-employee in a not-profitable financed Startup
I'm trying to be as specific as possible here:
We are a Startup 5 months on the go with three co-founders. Since none of us can truly code we need to employ our first Web-developer and we have found ...
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How much equity should I get for developing a site where the idea isnt mine
A few months ago, I was asked to join a startup for $85k/year. All the company really had was a pretty big angel investor and one guy with the idea (wealthy father and son with the idea). Before ...
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How many percentage of shares ownership/equity for a CTO + co founder in startup software company if I'm not a software guy but do have the idea? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly?
If I don't have skill to anything related to make a software (UML design,code,program,etc), but I do ...
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How to divide equity between founders in university spin-off? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly?
The history of the project: The project started four years ago based on the works and idea of one of ...
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Does having stock grant equal shareholder
Legally speaking, if a person has been issued a stock grant does it automatically make that person a shareholder?
Or does he need to be given a stock certificate?
What about options?
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Shares to programmers [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly?
So I friend of mine has this idea for a kind of social network based on video blogging, for obvious ...
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Clawback vs. vesting
What is the difference between clawback and founder vesting? It seems that the term "clawback" was used in connection with the Zynga and Skype cases Equity Clawback - how to avoid Zynga situation
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Am I a cofounder and how many equity shares should I take?
An engineer creates a product with most fundamental functions and is almost ready to establish a new company. He wants me to be in charge of the marketing for the new company/product. For now, only he ...
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Taking lesser salary and work in a start-up
I am in the process of negotiating with my former boss that went out and did his own software start-up. Everything has been set-up and the product is there. Currently has stable clients but the ...
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Equity splits for new company are threatening to tear it apart before it gets off the ground
hope to get a few outside opinions here.
The cast of the saga:
"M" - the "idea person", has experience, has (or will have) money from property in near future, unemployed at present
"B" - A ...
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Looking for specific suggestion regarding company shares [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly?
I just want to say that I've read a lot of threads regarding this subject, including the most popular ...
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Startup equity share among co-founders: What is the fair thing to do
In a startup company, there are 4 people involved, and all of them work on a sweat equity basis. Here are the people and their role:
Person #1: Helped shape the idea with person #2. One of the two ...
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Am I a co-founder?
I'm trying to figure out what my role is...
Backstory:
Late last year (October/November) I was asked by an acquaintance If I'd be keen to help develop a SaaS product that he & his brother had ...
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Proper way to get share in US company for non-US citizen
I was working for quite a time with US company which is S Corporation.
Now we are planning to continue as partners and I should get 10% of the company.
As far as I understand I cant be a shareholder ...
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Dividing equity among cofounders when one person is doing most of the work
I shared my startup idea with two of my best friends and it seemed like a great thing to do at the time. The entire thing basically revolves around a particular kind of content and let's just say that ...
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How does one pay back an investor?
I am starting a fashion retail business this year, and I need a total initial investment of $300,000. I don't know about financial issues regarding shares, equity and dividend. I'm currently looking ...
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C Corp Investment Documents [closed]
What the appropriate documents needed for one to buy into a (Delaware) C Corp (private)?
What are the documents that the Company needs to issue in order to confirm the investment?
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How much startup equity should be provided to an early, senior engineer?
pre-funding start-up in tech.
founder had idea and filed patent (pending); developed concept, small cash funding, etc.
engineer came in year later to help shape app; code proof of concept, help with ...
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Where can I find detailed information about a company's stock structure prior to their IPO?
I'm curious to know about the stock structures of a lot of companies. For example Marc Pincus of Zynga has preferred stock, where each of his share's voting power is 70x greater than those that are ...
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Granted but unpurchased shares during acquisition
What happens to shares that are granted but not purchased during an acquisition? And the grantee is unreachable.
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How does equity get distributed?
I understand the whole process of how equity should be divided, but what is the actual technical process of distributing equity? Is it a contract? How does someone sell their equity? If I want to give ...
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Establishing shared ownership
What is a reasonable software start-up ownership share between founders when one is more senior, putting in some of his own money and able to raise angel money from friends, while the other two are ...
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Should give 20% of my start-up away to a high profile UX academic?
I'm in the process of registering a company for my start up. I've been developing the concept 60 hours a week for the past 6 months. I've attracted the interest of a high profile UX academic that ...
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Why split equity at the beginning?
One of my co-founders is suggesting that we split equity based upon the number of hours each person puts in until we obtain funding and begin drawing salaries.
In other words, each person would be ...
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How much equity is a business plan worth?
Say one person comes up with the idea for a startup, and spends a significant amount of time over 2 years developing the business plan. That person then asks others to join the startup as co-founders ...
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Start-up Company - Legal Advice and beyond…Where do I go from here?
My question is pretty broad, but I am just wondering the next logical steps to take in establishing and distributing equity in an iOS App Business Startup.
What form or document do I would need to ...
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Full-time vs part-time and equity
At the moment, my co-founders and I are working on our startup part-time. We're in the process of figuring out how many shares to allocate to each person.
If one of us quits their full-time job to ...
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Gross profit royalties vs non-voting equity
I began work with a small startup last year, working as a consultant. Consulting didn't last long because I saw great potential in the company and made it clear I wanted to be a part of it.
I ended ...
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Profit shares vs voting shares
My co-founders and I plan to issue profit shares and voting shares separately. For example, I might receive 35% of the profit shares, and 15% of the voting shares.
What disadvantages are there to ...
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Re-evaluating founders' equity
When founders divide a startup's equity amongst themselves, are those numbers set in stone (ignoring future dilution)?
I ask this because my co-founders and I are pondering whether we should ...
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How can a past employee protect themselves against share dilution?
What is share dilution?
How can I, as a past employee of a company where I exercised my share options, know if my shares are subject to dilution?
How can I protect myself in future from share ...
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How much equity am I worth?
I had a problem that required a database solution. I designed the concept of the database and over a 2 year period developed a crude system that worked.
In trying to find help with the programming ...
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Developer, offered share in small startup company in return for large rate reduction - advice needed
I currently work freelance as the sole software engineer for a small but promising startup company. I've been working with them for a several months, converting their "demo ware" software into ...
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Equity distribution in an early stage
I would appreciate to get some feedback from you in order to determine the equity distribution of the startup I am currently seting up with friends. The problem is that we've start working without ...
